
Position Title
Faculty Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies
Position Title
Faculty Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies
Unit
Global Learning Hub
Global Affairs
Unit
Global Learning Hub
Global Affairs
Social Sciences and Humanities, 3122
Bio
Faculty Position
Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
College of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
Research
- Aspects of livestock development in LDCs, including supply, demand, international trade, policy, agricultural research and technical change, with an emphasis on cattle
- Effect of international commodity agreements on domestic policy in exporting countries, especially as it engenders rent seeking, e.g., the effect of the International Coffee Agreement
- Chilean agriculture and economic development, most recently related to the causes and consequences of the Chilean fruit boom post 1974
- Food and nutrition policies in LDC's especially as they affect the growth of young children
Education
- B.A., University of Kansas
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology